Hose-supporter.



A. GOTTSGHALK.

HOSE SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.1, 1912.

1,041,618, Patented 00t.15,1912.

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I .By iuufflflorney,

COLUMBIA PLANOURAPH co., WASHINGTON. D c.

ANNA GOTTSGHALK, 0F BERLIN, GERMANY.

HOSE-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15, 1912.

Application filed August 1, 1912. Serial No. 712,671.

To all whom it may concern:

Be -it known that I, ANNA GOTTSCHALK, a subject of the Emperor ofGermany, residing in Berlin, Germany, Unter den Linden v75, haveinvented certain new and use ful Improvements in Hose-Supporters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a hose supporter of the kind with whichthe fabric of the hose is laid around a globular body and is forced withthe latter into a loop, in which it is then clamped. Such hosesupporters are known in various types. These known types however showthe disadvantage that either the loop will easily become detached andthe hose is therefore notsecurely held, or that a friction is causedbetween the hose and the loop, generally made of wire, on the loop beingtightened, and such friction will then easily damage the fabric. Thesedisadvantages have been avoided by the hose supporter according to thepresent invention.

According to this invention the plate which is attached to the supporterband and is made of sheet metal or any other suitable material carries apivotally fitted lever, to which a loop preferably made of cord isattached in such a manner, that when the lever is turned up, the loopwill be slightly drawn upward. The loop is passed through an eye securedto the plate and will therefore be narrowed when it is drawn upward. Tothe said plate or to the lever is also attached a second cord or thelike, the end of which carries a globular body, for instance a knot. Thefabric of the hose is now laid around this globular body, forced withthe same through the loop and the lever is turned over, whereby the loopis narrowed so far, that the globular body together with the fabric ofthe hose is tightly gripped.

In the accompanying drawings the invention is exemplified.

Figure 1 is a constructional form of the hose supporter when not in usewith the lever turned down. Fig. 2 is a side view of.

Fig. 1, showing the fabric of the hose already passed through the looptogether with the globular body. Figs. 3 and 4 are front and sideelevations of the same constructional form in operative position, thelever being turned up. Fig. 5 lastly shows a modified form of thesupporter.

On the plate or buckle a made in known manner of sheet metal or anyother suitable material such as celluloid and the like, to which thesupporter band is attached, are provided two flanges a in which a lever6 preferably made of wire is pivoted at b. To the central part of thelever is attached a loop 0 preferably made of cord, and a second cord (Zwhich terminates at its free end in a knot 6. At the upper end of theplate a is provided a projection or hook g, preferably by stamping outthe material of the plate, which hook is adapted to engage in the lever19, when the latter has been turned over in the direction indicated bythe arrow in Fig. 2, and to hold the said lever in such operativeposition. At the lower end of the flanges a these are bent over at h, hforming an eye, through which the loop is passed.

In non-operative position the several parts assume the posit-ions shownin Fig. 1. WVhen a hose or the like is to be secured to the supporter,the fabric of said hose or the like 2' is laid close to its edge overthe knot e and passed with this knot through the loop 0, as shown inFig. 2. Then the lever b is turned upward in the direction indicated bythe arrow in Fig. 2 and thereby the loop will be drawn upward throughthe eye 71., 72, so that it will be narrowed. The lower portion f of theloop 0 will then tightly grip the knot e and with it the fabric of thehose laid over it. The projection 9 will securely hold the lever 79 inoperative position. It is obvious that this latter arrangement may alsobe carried out in many other ways.

From the hereinbefore facts it will be evident, that this method ofsecuring the hose will be very reliable, without any friction beingproduced between the loop, which is being tightened and the fabric orbetween the latter and the knot or the globular body employed.

It is not necessary, that the cord (Z be also secured to the lever b, asit is shown in Figs. 1 to 41:. The cord may be secured in any othersuitable manner to the plate a. It is only necessary that the cord cZadmits of a free play of the knot 6, so that the latter may, on the'loopbeing pulled, readily follow this movement.

I claim:

A hose supporter consisting of a plate for attachment to the supporterband, a lever pivoted to said plate, an eye on said lever is swung toclosed position, and means for retaining the lever in closed position.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses this 19th day of July,

plate, a loop attaehedito said lever and passed through said eye, saidlever being adapted to pull said loop through said eye to narrow theloop when the lever is swung to closed position, a cord having one endattached to the supporter and the other end 1912. terminating in aglobular body, and ANNA GOTTSCHALK. adapted to be passed with itsglobular end Witnesses:

inclosed by the fabric of the hose through said loop to be securedtherein when the.

WVOLDEMAR HAUPT, HENRY HAsPER.

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